Table 1 Difference between median and true life-table mortality measures for different ages at censoring (simulation example from Fig. 3). Percentage of over- or underestimation are given in parentheses
From: How much can we trust life tables? Sensitivity of mortality measures to right-censoring treatment
Age at censoring | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
60 | 65 | 70 | 75 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 95 | 100 | |
e 25 | 51.16 | 25.78 | 11.91 | 4.83 | 1.63 | 0.42 | 0.07 | 0.007 | 0.001 |
(104.1%) | (52.5%) | (24.2%) | (9.8%) | (3.3%) | (0.9%) | (0.2%) | (<0.1%) | (<0.1%) | |
e 50 | 54.12 | 27.28 | 12.60 | 5.11 | 1.72 | 0.45 | 0.08 | 0.007 | 0.001 |
(207.5%) | (104.6%) | (48.3%) | (19.6%) | (6.6%) | (1.7%) | (0.3%) | (<0.1%) | (<0.1%) | |
M | −21.53 | −16.69 | −11.73 | −6.71 | −1.73 | −0.04 | −0.05 | −0.05 | −0.05 |
(−27.0%) | (−20.9%) | (−14.7%) | (−8.4%) | (−2.2%) | (−0.05%) | (−0.06%) | (−0.06%) | (−0.06%) | |
e † | 33.12 | 18.50 | 9.72 | 4.63 | 1.95 | 0.75 | 0.34 | 0.26 | 0.25 |
(320.4%) | (178.9%) | (94.0%) | (44.8%) | (18.8%) | (7.2%) | (3.3%) | (2.5%) | (2.5%) | |
H | 0.228 | 0.177 | 0.119 | 0.067 | 0.032 | 0.013 | 0.007 | 0.005 | 0.005 |
(108.4%) | (83.9%) | (56.4%) | (31.8%) | (15.0%) | (6.3%) | (3.2%) | (2.5%) | (2.5%) | |
G | 0.539 | 0.386 | 0.231 | 0.111 | 0.040 | 0.010 | 0.002 | 0.0001 | 0.0001 |
(372.4%) | (266.8%) | (160.0%) | (76.8%) | (27.8%) | (7.0%) | (1.1%) | (<0.1%) | (<0.1%) | |
